|
Showing 1 - 6 of
6 matches in All Departments
This book offers an in-depth examination of America's nuclear
weapons policy since the end of the Cold War. Exploring nuclear
forces structure, arms control, regional planning and the weapons
production complex, the volume identifies competing sets of ideas
about nuclear weapons and domestic political constraints on major
shifts in policy. It provides a detailed analysis of the complex
evolution of policy, the factors affecting policy formulation,
competing understandings of the role of nuclear weapons in US
national security discourse, and the likely future direction of
policy. The book argues that US policy has not proceeded in a
linear, rational and internally consistent direction, and that it
entered a second post-Cold War phase under President George W.
Bush. However, domestic political processes and lack of political
and military interest in America's nuclear forces have constrained
major shifts in nuclear weapons policy. This book will be of much
interest to students of US foreign policy, nuclear proliferation,
strategic studies and IR in general.
This book offers an in-depth examination of America's nuclear
weapons policy since the end of the Cold War. Exploring nuclear
forces structure, arms control, regional planning and the weapons
production complex, the volume identifies competing sets of ideas
about nuclear weapons and domestic political constraints on major
shifts in policy. It provides a detailed analysis of the complex
evolution of policy, the factors affecting policy formulation,
competing understandings of the role of nuclear weapons in US
national security discourse, and the likely future direction of
policy. The book argues that US policy has not proceeded in a
linear, rational and internally consistent direction, and that it
entered a second post-Cold War phase under President George W.
Bush. However, domestic political processes and lack of political
and military interest in America's nuclear forces have constrained
major shifts in nuclear weapons policy. This book will be of much
interest to students of US foreign policy, nuclear proliferation,
strategic studies and IR in general.
This volume explores in close detail the events and factors leading
up to the second Gulf War in 2003 and considers whether war with
Iraq was inevitable.
Nick Ritchie and Paul Rogers argue that after the election of
George W. Bush, conflict between Iraq and the United States was
probable, and that after 9/11 it became virtually inevitable. They
begin by setting the story of Iraq, Bush and 9/11 within the
broader context of the importance of the Persian Gulf to enduring
US national security interests and go on to examine the intense
politicking that surrounded the conflict and still reverberates
today.
The authors examine US policy towards Iraq at the end of the
Clinton administration, the opposition in Congress and Washington's
conservative think tanks to Clinton's strategy of containment, and
the evolution of Iraq policy during the first eight months of the
Bush presidency and the growing pressure for regime change. They
also explore the immediate focus on Iraq after the attacks of
September 11 that marked a watershed in US national security policy
and chart the construction of the case against Iraq through 2002
and the administration's determination to end Saddam Hussein's
regime at all costs.
The Political Road to War with Iraq will be of great interest to
all students and scholars of US foreign policy, war and peace
studies and international relations.
This volume explores in close detail the events and factors leading
up to the second Gulf War in 2003 and considers whether war with
Iraq was inevitable. Nick Ritchie and Paul Rogers argue that after
the election of George W. Bush, conflict between Iraq and the
United States was probable, and that after 9/11 it became virtually
inevitable. They begin by setting the story of Iraq, Bush and 9/11
within the broader context of the importance of the Persian Gulf to
enduring US national security interests and go on to examine the
intense politicking that surrounded the conflict and still
reverberates today. The authors examine US policy towards Iraq at
the end of the Clinton administration, the opposition in Congress
and Washington's conservative think tanks to Clinton's strategy of
containment, and the evolution of Iraq policy during the first
eight months of the Bush presidency and the growing pressure for
regime change. They also explore the immediate focus on Iraq after
the attacks of September 11 that marked a watershed in US national
security policy and chart the construction of the case against Iraq
through 2002 and the administration's determination to end Saddam
Hussein's regime at all costs. The Political Road to War with Iraq
will be of great interest to all students and scholars of US
foreign policy, war and peace studies and international relations.
President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have
all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a
world free of nuclear weapons, whilst the UK finds itself embarked
on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident
nuclear weapons system. What does the UK process tell about the
prospects for disarmament?
President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have
all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a
world free of nuclear weapons, whilst the UK finds itself embarked
on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident
nuclear weapons system. What does the UK process tell about the
prospects for disarmament?
|
You may like...
Higher
Michael Buble
CD
(1)
R487
Discovery Miles 4 870
|